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The Dust of Time
20086.32h 8m
Overview
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
Written by Theo Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris
Produced by Phoebe Economopoulos
0Top Cast
Willem Dafoe
A
Bruno Ganz
Jacob
Michel Piccoli
Spyros
Irène Jacob
Eleni
Christiane Paul
Helga
Kostas Apostolidis
Secretary
T
Tiziana Pfiffner
Young Eleni
Alexandros Mylonas
Man in the Train
Norman Mozzato
Hotel Manager
Reni Pittaki
Composer
Trailer
About The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time is a drama film released in 2008. Directed by Theo Angelopoulos, it stars Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz, Michel Piccoli. A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
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